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    With hit ‘Girl, So Confusing,’ pop stars offer a model of conflict resolution

    by Stephen Humphries Jun 28, 2024 4 minutes

    Not since Prince beat Michael Jackson at pingpong has a pop duel been handled so creatively. 

    Music fans hadn’t fully been aware of tensions between Charli XCX and Lorde. Then came the rerelease of “Girl, So Confusing” – one of the hits of the summer. 

    The annals of music history are filled with stories of tensions between artists. Joni Mitchell versus Joan Baez. Neil Young versus Lynyrd Skynyrd. Axl Rose versus Kurt Cobain. This year, hip-hop luminaries Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been lobbing lyrical hand grenades – “diss tracks” – at each other. The press treats such rivalries like sport. Blow-by-blow reports of who’s

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